screenwriter
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An aspiring screenwriter himself, Hunnam has penned a project for Max Winkler, who’s also the main director on “Monster.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The 83-year-old author and screenwriter told Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court she needed her car to meet criminals and sources for research into her next works of fiction.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Briefly we hope that Gillespie and screenwriter Ana Nogueira are shaking up the superhero format like a bottle of gas-station champagne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Mr. Bentley so thoroughly researched his history that he uncovered a delicious irony previously unknown to me: The screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr. was jailed for his non-cooperation with the committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
As a known member of the Communist Party, Froelick had trouble finding work as a screenwriter after 1950.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
The screenwriters are Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, adapting what was originally a Spanish play, then a movie called “The People Upstairs,” both by Cesc Gay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
These things are hilarious because screenwriters Christina Friel and Connor Wright clearly approached the script by trying to make everything legitimately funny, instead of assuming that provocation immediately equates to humor.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
He joined Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, one of the top film schools in the country, and dedicated himself to teaching budding screenwriters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Few screenwriters were eager for more strikes this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The ten directors and screenwriters were thrown in prison for contempt of Congress.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
